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The Voar issue of the society magazine Coontin Kin is now available and it’s now full colour throughout as we continue to develop and improve the publication. Issue no.110 has a wide range of interesting new material.

Issue number 87

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Articles in this issue:

David Aitken – Soldier from Shetland. Written by Isobel Chiswell(member 453)it tells the tale of David (Davie) Nicolson, born in Scalloway on 14th June 1887. Davie’s early life is a sad tale of the early death of his mother. The story develops, he jumps ship in Canada then goes on to serve that country in the Great War.

Jottings by a Shetlander (continued). The second part of the Michael Tait’s tale. The Remarkable will of James Inkster by Dr Alan M Beattie (member 2). James Inkster (1739-1816), born in Burra on 20th May 1739 and was residing in Smyrna (now Izmir), Turkey when his last will was penned. It is indeed a remarkably detailed document for a man who’s life took him far from his homeland.

A Voyage Round the Horn by David Clark. Detail of the somewhat lengthy journey the sailing ship Blackbraes took with the author’s grandfather aboard around Cape Horn in 1899.